Daily Interlude

How Spotify Might Save the Music Industry

And still give consumers free – or low-cost – à-la-carte, always-on, one-click-away listening pleasure ... more >>

The Most Accurate Prediction in History

In August 1977, the British journalist and broadcaster Bernard Levin had predicted what eventually happened. He was right about why it would happen, how it would happen, and he said when it would happen almost exactly to the day. This is the article he wrote for the Times London ... more >>

Genome 10K: A New Ark

Scientists have an ambitious new strategy for untangling the evolutionary history of humans and their biological relatives: Create a genetic menagerie made of the DNA of more than 10,000 vertebrate species. The plan, proposed by an international consortium of scientists, is to obtain, preserve, and sequence the DNA of approximately one species for each genus of living mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. ... more >>

The Year the World Really Changed

Forget the fall of the iron curtain: the events of '79 matter ... more >>